Open AccessPrediction of outcome of severe falciparum malaria in Koraput, Odisha, India: A hospital-based study
Author(s) -
Lalit Kumar Das,
Bishwanath Padhi,
Sudhansu Sekar Sahu
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
tropical parasitology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.418
H-Index - 11
eISSN - 2229-7758
pISSN - 2229-5070
DOI - 10.4103/2229-5070.138538
Subject(s) - malaria , medicine , plasmodium falciparum , epidemiology , cerebral malaria , disease , anemia , rapid diagnostic test , pediatrics , immunology
Infection with Plasmodium falciparum, caused 627,000 deaths in 2012 in the world. P. falciparum infection causes myriads of clinical manifestations. Exact clinical manifestation resulting in poor prognosis in hyper-endemic epidemiological settings need to be ascertained to save human lives. A hospital-based study was conducted to elucidate the different severe clinical presentations of falciparum malaria and to examine the critical clinical and laboratory parameters on the prognosis of these severe manifestations in a stable hyper-endemic falciparum area in the state of Odisha, India.